28-10-2024, 07:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-10-2024, 07:56 PM by Alex McFarlane.)
Ian, I'm puzzled by your reference to geography. England is about 400 miles long. Mainland Scotland is 274 miles (and the roads beyond Aberdeen are not conducive to high speed driving, and I will not comment on the rail service) but if you include Shetland (and why wouldn't you?) then the length of Scotland is about 450 miles so longer than England.
With those figures your understanding of why England having online is acceptable but Scotland to do so isn't, is puzzling.
I've also been involved in meetings where the video link was not good enough to sustain a meeting and people were turning off their video link. I won't argue with you over the technical requirements other than to say that if you want a reasonable probability of people being able to join and contribute you need much better than the provision allowed by anywhere without proper video conferencing facilities. Universities may provide these at minimal costs at certain times but certainly not at weekends where they require (and charge considerable amounts for) someone to monitor the provision.
With those figures your understanding of why England having online is acceptable but Scotland to do so isn't, is puzzling.
I've also been involved in meetings where the video link was not good enough to sustain a meeting and people were turning off their video link. I won't argue with you over the technical requirements other than to say that if you want a reasonable probability of people being able to join and contribute you need much better than the provision allowed by anywhere without proper video conferencing facilities. Universities may provide these at minimal costs at certain times but certainly not at weekends where they require (and charge considerable amounts for) someone to monitor the provision.